Last night, while enjoying a drink in the local - a warm evening so the door was open - a large (~ 2cm) Cricket/hopper flew in and landed on the bar post. A light brown colour all over, not too knowledgeable on these insects, need to do some digging. However, today in one field I spotted a very small (~3mm) bright green 'hopper', then this afternoon in another meadow there were many, hundreds, of similar sized 'hoppers' skipping out of the way as I walked. I assume these small ones are young, but I know little of their life history so need to read-up.
I only saw ~ 40 Swallows around today, the numbers should drop now, last year my last one in the village was on the 4th October - depends when the young leave the last nest this year.
I did hear the Nuthatch, Coal Tits, Goldcrests and two Treecreepers in the local wood when I walked past this morning.
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